The renaissance

By marianamarinv
  • 1303

    Dante writes his epic poem the Divine Comedy

    Dante writes his epic poem the Divine Comedy
    It is widely considered to be the preeminent work in Italian literature and one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church by the 14th century
  • 1350

    The renaissance begins

    The renaissance begins
    The Renaissance was an intellectual and artistic movement. Hummanism was created and religion was beginning to lose it's foothold on society. The arts began to grow and expand and this time also saw the creation of science.
  • 1420

    Brunelleschi create linear perspective

    Brunelleschi create linear perspective
    Wich is where all of the lines in the lines of the painting or drawing meet one vanishing paint wich maked the drawing or painting look 3D and more realistic.
  • 1420

    Leonardo Da vinci paints The Last Supper

    Leonardo Da vinci paints The Last Supper
    The Last Supper is a biblical piece, it shows the last supper from final of Jesu's life. It is a very important piece of renaissance art, and one of the most famous piecebyLeonardo Da Vinci.
  • 1445

    Johan Gutenberg invented the printing press

    Johan Gutenberg invented the printing press
    Wich is now used for news paper, books and is how called a printer, you used it every day, it is used for everithing that has pinted words/letter.
  • 1480

    Sandro Botticelli paints Bird Of Venus

    Sandro Botticelli paints Bird Of Venus
    Is a painting by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli. It depicts the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea fully-grown (called Venus Anadyomene and often depicted in art). The painting is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.
  • 1492

    Explorer Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas

    Explorer Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas
    He led the first European expeditions to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, initiating the permanent European colonization of the Americas. Columbus discovered the viable sailing route to the Americas, a continent which was not then known to the Old World.
  • 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa.

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa.
    is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci that has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world"
  • 1514

    Michalangelo paint the Sistine Chapel

    Michalangelo paint the Sistine Chapel
    Michalangelo begins paintin the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel it includes the many biblical scenes and it is one of the most know/ most importan pieces of art from the renaissance.

  • The Thirty Years War begins.

    The Thirty Years War begins.
    Thirty Years' War Part of the European wars of religion Les Grandes Misères de la guerre by Jacques Callot, 1632 Date23 May 1618 – 15 May 1648 Location Central Europe Result Peace of Westphalia Protestant princes allowed to continue religious practices Decline of the Catholic Church